I really thought last night would be their night.

I started up the koi ponds, water fall making come hither music, then rain
moved in all night and the air temps stayed up close to 50F.

As many taddies as I had in the kiddy pool & stock tank, someone is sure
sleeping late. I know they're out there, as I heard 1 croaking from the
hedge a couple weeks ago.s ~ jan SE WA
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link to the article on toads and earthquakes
http://tinyurl.com/ya843lo

We. Are. Doomed.
The article out there - that said toads took off
just before an earthquake hit in Italy. The big
one, it's coming....

kathy :-)

Our frogs are up and moving, but neither the frogs or toads are
singing.

Still have not fixed my pump. I need to do that!

Jim

Still no frogs here. :'-( This is really, really late. I guess they've been
singing in the swamp for weeks, we're always a couple of weeks behind them,
but I'm wondering if *I'M* going to have to go searching for tadpoles this
year?

Heard the one in the hedge again just the other day, not sure why they're
not coming hence... Course the ridges around us were getting snow this
morning, perhaps that's why? ~ jan
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Ponds: www.jjspond.us

On Fri, 2 Apr 2010 16:17:11 EDT, ~ jan wrote:

Still no frogs here. :'-( This is really, really late. I guess they've been
singing in the swamp for weeks, we're always a couple of weeks behind them,
but I'm wondering if *I'M* going to have to go searching for tadpoles this
year?

Heard the one in the hedge again just the other day, not sure why they're
not coming hence... Course the ridges around us were getting snow this
morning, perhaps that's why? ~ jan
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Zone 7a, SE Washington State
Ponds: www.jjspond.us

We seem to be about a month behind here, at least that's how it seems
to me. The hardiest plants (mostly green) that usually begin to stir
around late February didn't get started this year until late March.
Other "marginal" plants (mostly brown) just didn't make it at all.
Although I've seen plenty of frogs (green *and* brown) jumping in the
pond when I walk along the edge, there don't seem to be as many
singing this year.

Zone 8(b), or so they say, northern Florida
..

It was a cold night here for the Easter Bunny, let alone frogs without
fur... so still quiet nights. Got down right to 32F by the koi ponds (where
the sensor is), but we finally had a sunny, almost no breeze (howling wind)
morning. March went out like a lamb, but April roared in with wind and
rain! Glad to see the sun again! Course move rain moving in again this
evening, but it is warmer, over 50F at 10:27pm. ~ jan


On Sat, 3 Apr 2010 08:42:54 EDT, Gary Woods wrote:

~ jan wrote:

I really thought last night would be their night.


I heard a couple singing at the pond yesterday afternoon, and a bunch of
them in the distance (but not, interestingly enough, in the "vest pocket
bog" across the street). I suspect the full Mormon Tabernacle Chorus will
be singing tonight, the second really warm day in upstate NY.

Oh, and I heard the first redwing blackbird claim his territory a couple of
days ago.

Croci in the back yard, though no garlic shoots just yet.

Spring has sprung!

Gary Woods AKA K2AHC- PGP key on request, or at home.earthlink.net/~garygarlic
Zone 5/6 in upstate New York, 1420' elevation. NY WO G
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In article
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kathy wrote:

We. Are. Doomed.
The article out there - that said toads took off
just before an earthquake hit in Italy. The big
one, it's coming....

kathy :-)

Our cat slept through the 7.2 Calexico quake

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Finally one croaker showed up last night. This is the latest date for them
since they became established, ~8 years! Suppose to be close to freezing
tonight, dang, but next week's extended is looking better. ~ jan
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Ponds: www.jjspond.us

~ jan wrote:

Finally one croaker showed up last night. This is the latest date for them
since they became established, ~8 years! Suppose to be close to freezing
tonight, dang, but next week's extended is looking better. ~ jan
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Ponds: www.jjspond.us

Meanwhile, 3000miles east- we've been having incredibly warm weather.
Yesterday's low was higher than the normal high! [53F -- we've had
upper 80's for 3 days.]

Warm enough so Mr. Toad showed up and even got a taker.. . maybe 2, as
there was another big toad on the patio last night while the other 2
were trysting. [unsuccessfully, I think] Last year's toad showed up
on the 22nd & got a taker on the 25th. This year things were moved up
2 1/2 weeks.


We've also got 16 frogs- and one of them croaked last night. None
made a sound all of last year.

I think all the frogs are Green frogs. The 2 largest are 4-5" long
nose to butt. Then there are 5-6 mediums, and another half dozen
'tiny' ones- maybe 1 1/5 inches.

Since my pond is only 8x12 & about 200 gallons, I'm wondering if some
will move on to less crowded quarters.

Jim

On Fri, 9 Apr 2010 09:05:38 EDT, ~ jan wrote:

Finally one croaker showed up last night. This is the latest date for them
since they became established, ~8 years! Suppose to be close to freezing
tonight, dang, but next week's extended is looking better. ~ jan
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Zone 7a, SE Washington State
Ponds: www.jjspond.us

I complained about not seeing frogs either. Well, I still don't see
many, but I sure hear them now. It almost seems like I have a
representative of every kind of frog by my pond. I've got frogs that
peep, frogs that croak, frogs that bark, you name it, I've got frogs
that do it. They get so loud in the evening that I have to close up
the doors and windows here if I want to listen to anything else, and I
still hear the frogs in the background. It wouldn't be so bad if
they'd all get together and do an opera or even a Gregorian chant or
something, but oh no, each one has its own individual score and sense
of time, too. It's sort of like hearing an orchestra tuning up before
a concert, but not nearly as good.
..

Jim E. I'd like your 80's, for a couple days anyway, just to warm things
up. Yesterday weather.com was saying we might see that temp next weekend,
now they've down played it that we might not even crack the 70's as
promised. :-( When they said cooler than normal April they were not
kidding. I guess we're paying for that nice March... and really, the temps
are warmer now then in March, if we didn't have the beep, beep, beepin'
wind!!! This weekend, besides wind we've got cloud cover too, just doesn't
make one want to get out there and get going.

On Sat, 10 Apr 2010 02:05:24 EDT, Galen Hekhuis
wrote:

It's sort of like hearing an orchestra tuning up before
a concert, but not nearly as good.

One man's music is another's noise. ;-) Currently too cold yet for my
lonely croaker to sing passed 8pm. ~ jan
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Ponds: www.jjspond.us

In article
,
kathy wrote:

link to the article on toads and earthquakes
http://tinyurl.com/ya843lo

Many animals appear to be acutely sensitive to earthquakes.

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On Sun, 11 Apr 2010 14:12:32 EDT, ~ jan wrote:

On Sat, 10 Apr 2010 02:05:24 EDT, Galen Hekhuis
wrote:

It's sort of like hearing an orchestra tuning up before
a concert, but not nearly as good.

One man's music is another's noise. ;-) Currently too cold yet for my
lonely croaker to sing passed 8pm. ~ jan
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Ponds: www.jjspond.us

It wouldn't be so bad if there were just three or four, or even 30 or
40, but there are several hundred out there. They start up around
4:00, and continue on until morning. I'm not really complaining, just
squawking a little. After all, I chose to live out here by a pond in
the woods.
..

Phyllis is less than in love with our chorus...which has not started
yet. Just think, Galen, your pond is getting the official endorsement
of hundreds of frogs. That does not make it a brothel...just a
favored pond.

Jim